(250704) -- WUHU, July 4, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2025 shows a welding robot at Anhui Efort Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province.
Founded in 2007, Anhui Efort Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. produces robots widely used in industries such as electronics, photovoltaics, lithium batteries, automotive and auto parts, rail transit, and shipbuilding.
The company established a comprehensive R&D system for core technologies, having achieved a 100% ratio in localization and self-sufficiency for critical components. It sold over 16,000 industrial robots in 2024.
As the first national-level robotics industry cluster in the country, Wuhu is home to more than 300 enterprises along the robotics supply chain. The city's robotics industry output exceeded 40 billion yuan (about 5.58 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Cheng)
